FoxxIn09's blog

Hello! I'm the Anthony Foxx for Mayor blogger, and I wanted to share some of what's been going on in the race. Including: More debate shenanigans from Republican candidate John Lassiter, and the HUGE difference between the candidates' views on Charlotte's relationship to the rest of the state (hint: Democrat Anthony Foxx accepts that Charlotte is, in fact, part of North Carolina). Read all about it at www.anthonyfoxxformayor.blogspot.com! Thanks, and spread the word -- Anthony Foxx for Charlotte mayor on Nov. 3!

FoxxIn09

Hi, I'm a volunteer for the Anthony Foxx for Mayor campaign in Charlotte, and I wanted to give everybody some information about our campaign sites, how to contribute and what's been going on since the GOP primary last week.

For those of you in the Charlotte area, you probably already know most or all of this; I pre-emptively apologize. For those who don't: Charlotte, the Carolinas' biggest city and the nation's 19th-biggest, is about to elect its first new mayor since 1995. Following his unsuccessful bid for governor last year, Republican seven-term Mayor Pat McCrory has decided not to run again, and two candidates have emerged from the City Council -- Democrat Anthony Foxx and Republican John Lassiter. Charlotte -- an up-and-coming, increasingly progressive city in a state just went blue last year, a city with a 7-4 Democratic majority on its council -- hasn't had a Democratic mayor since Harvey Gantt from 1983-87.